公布考试成绩的日子到了，儿子又不及格。
他害怕爸爸不高兴，所以想了一个办法。
从学校回来后，他对父亲说：“我有一个好消息和一个坏消息，你想先听哪个？
”“坏消息！
”父亲严肃地说。
“我这次考试不及格。
”儿子胆怯地回答。
父亲听了非常生气，但是他想听听好消息是什么，于是问：“那好消息呢？
”儿子骄傲地说：“老师说你不用给我交下学期的学费了！
爸爸，你工作那么辛苦，我终于不用浪费你的钱了！
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 公布 | gōng bù | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | exam |
| 成绩 | chéng jì | achievement / performance records / grades |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 日子 | rì zi | day / a (calendar) date |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 及格 | jí gé | to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 回来 | huí lái | to return; to come back |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information / message |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 坏 | huài | bad / spoiled / broken |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 哪 | něi | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) |
| 严肃 | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious / (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 胆怯 | dǎn qiè | timid / cowardly |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 骄傲 | jiāo ào | conceited / proud of sth |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to reach |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 学期 | xué qī | term / semester |
| 学费 | xué fèi | tuition fee / tuition |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting / hard / tough / arduous |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |